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Part of the Clyne Valley & Blackpill area guide

Clyne Valley Country Park

A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.

Map of Clyne Valley Country Park

51.6119, -4.0148

The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.

About the area

Clyne Valley Country Park facts

Clyne Valley Country Park is a managed green space in Swansea with woodland edges, paths and mown and unmown ground side by side. It is part of Clyne Valley & Blackpill within the City and County of Swansea.

  • Covers around 700 acres of former industrial and railway land.
  • The park follows the route of the old Swansea to Mumbles and Gower railway lines.
  • Open to the public and maintained as green space within the City and County of Swansea.
  • Mixed woodland, grassland and damp hollows here support birds, insects and small mammals.

General local background, kept separate from the plant guidance below.

Local habitat

Where to look

Woodland edges, paths, damp hollows, unmanaged banks and garden boundaries are the main places where invasive or escaping garden plants can establish around Clyne Valley Country Park.

This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.

Plants to recognise

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